'Take Ten' improving the surgical post-take ward round: a quality improvement project.

Background: The surgical post-take ward round is a complex multidisciplinary interaction in which new surgical patients are reviewed and management plans formulated. Its fast-paced nature can lead to poor communication and inaccurate or incomplete documentation with potential detriment to patient safety. Junior team members often do not fully understand the diagnosis and management plan.

Differential proteomic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes exhibiting resistance or susceptibility to the insect herbivore, Plutella xylostella.

A proteomic study was conducted to investigate physiological factors affecting feeding behaviour by larvae of the insect, Plutella xylostella, on herbivore-susceptible and herbivore-resistant Arabidopsis thaliana. The leaves of 162 recombinant inbred lines (Rils) were screened to detect genotypes upon which Plutella larvae fed least (P. xylostella-resistant) or most (P.

Effect of low storage temperature on some of the flavour precursors in garlic (Allium sativum).

Garlic (Allium sativum) cloves were stored at ambient temperature and 4 degrees C for periods up to six months to establish the effect of position of the individual clove within the bulb and of low storage temperature on the composition of several flavours precursors and other organic sulphur compounds, measured by gradient High Pressure Liquid Chromatography. Levels of alliin, gamma glutamyl allyl cysteine sulphoxide and gamma glutamyl isoallyl cysteine sulphoxide were statistically significantly higher in outer than in inner cloves. There was no statistically significant change in levels of alliin, the major flavour precursor, in cloves stored at 4 degrees C, remaining in the average range 17.

The alc-GR system: a modified alc gene switch designed for use in plant tissue culture.

The ALCR/alcA (alc) two-component, ethanol-inducible gene expression system provides stringent control of transgene expression in genetically modified plants. ALCR is an ethanol-activated transcription factor that can drive expression from the ALCR-responsive promoter (alcA). However, the alc system has been shown to have constitutive expression when used in plant callus or cell suspension cultures, possibly resulting from endogenous inducer produced in response to lowered oxygen availability.